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The West of England is an area of South West England around the River Avon. The area has a local government combined authority that consists of the unitary authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset. The combined authority is led by the Mayor of the West of England Dan Norris.
Map of the West of England Combined Authority, UK with districts shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 3.03W; East: 2.24W; North: 51.69N; South: 51.26N; Date: 23 April 2017: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product.
The West Country (Cornish: An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England, [1] usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, with some considering it to extend to all or parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. [2]
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The highest area of England is the North West, which contains England's highest hills and mountains, including its highest – Scafell Pike. In England, a mountain is officially defined as land over 600 metres, so most fall in Northern England. Some hill and mountain chains in England are:
The National Trust has 10 regional offices in England. These are Devon and Cornwall – part of the official South West region; East of England – as region; East Midlands – as region; North East England – North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber; North West England – as region
Merseyside originally constituted a region in itself, but in 1998 it was merged into the North West England region, creating the nine present-day regions. [16] The nine regions were used as England's European Parliament constituencies from 1999 until Britain's departure from the European Union; [17] and as statistical NUTS level 1 regions.
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties.